A date has been set for the sentencing of Waltham Forest council for failing to protect staff from asbestos.

Sentence was due to be passed at Southwark Crown Court today but was delayed after the court decided it did not have sufficient time to hear the case.

The council has already pleaded guilty to four counts of failing staff and contractors by ignoring asbestos warnings.

All three kinds of asbestos, including deadly dust, were found in the town hall basement in 2012 after a Freedom of Information Act request was submitted by a member of the public.

A warning was given to the council in 2002 after asbestos was found - but it is not known when it was disturbed.

The authority will appear at the same court on May 29.